Put your Conair Clipper head back together (reassembly)

You've taken your Conair clipper apart to clean it out, and now you're wondering how it goes back together; so you've turned to YouTube for help. If your collection of bits looks like this, then you're in the right place - this is how it reassembles. And, I didn't think it was easy.

Make sure you have the blades the right way up; this is how they slide together. And note how this slider part goes over the actuator; when you come to fit it together, it has to slot inside. So remembering which was the outside of the moving blade, the slider part has to fit to it, but wait: there's a pad that goes in between with a reserve of oil. This one has plenty, but you can add drops of clipper oil at this point if you wish.

I tried to place the oil pad on the blade first, but it was too fiddly and I decided to do it the other way around. You can see why that works better. So, to double check: this is how the blade slides.

This spring part pokes in to these two holes, and will eventually keep the blades pressed together. But, and this is what I found confusing, if you fit the spring the obvious way, the ends point down, not up, so it's clearly wrong. So, how does that spring fit? If you point the ends in the right direction, the centre part of the spring doesn't seem to be anything like near the tab where it's clearly supposed to fit.

The answer is that the spring is under half a turn of twist when fitted, so it's quite a squeeze to press it in to place, and it's tricky even to get started. There are two slots down the side of the tab to help you, and you start by pressing the spring ends in to them. Note that the centre of the spring is at least close to the tab now. It's still not easy, if you push the spring centre into the tab with your fingernail, it just pops out again!

Now before you start this next part, make sure that the main blade, your screwdriver and the screws are within reach, because you're going to need them before you're done.

Making sure that the spring centre doesn't slip out of that tab, fit the slider part to the spring ends, and push down on it, then folding it into place. Now, keeping the pressure on, squeeze the main blade on top of the sliding blade, and jiggle it until it goes over the short screw pillars.

Now this is why you need the screws within reach: carefully screw the blade down before it pops apart again.

And just to prove that it's working properly, here's a slow-mo of the clipper in action.

[rhusselcombo]

5 years later and you still out here saving lives, thanks for this video

[lee.valley]

7 years later, and this video is still helping very frustrated people, thank you sir!

[Rodolfo_MB]

6 years later ! And you still out here saving lives, thanks for this video

[jwilson]

What a star you are Sir! I took ours apart and the blade sprung out before I had a chance to see what went where and I couldn’t for the life of me work out how to reconnect the spring. You video was so clear and concise I realised I was trying to fit it on the wrong side of the blade. I have tested said clippers and they now work beautifully. Thank you so much. 👏❤️

[Peppysgirl]

Sir, you just saved me after 45 minutes of struggling and getting nowhere. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

[talibryn]

I gave up on fixing my clippers after taking them apart to clean them two years ago. I watched your video apart, reassembled it, and it's good as new. Thank you!

[beethechange.]

Searched for 40 mins... watched a bunch of useless videos. At that point I was about the throw the damn clipper against the wall, but then I found this video. Not only did it help put the clipper back together, your voice calmed down my nerves. You could read me a bedtime story ANYTIME!! :) Thanks!!!

[MCMyZtery]

Thank you for this, was surprised at how unnecessarily complex the reassembly looked. couldn't have done it without you

[KiltieMacBagpipes]

Oh man. Thank you. You are literally the only person in the internet that shows people this.

[zachbriggs]

Thank you SO MUCH for this video. Saved my life when I took blade off to clean excess hair out. I would have never figured out reassembly without this. You're the best!!

[dayanagonzalezrealtor]

I couldn't do it, I have the red one, I just smashed it against the floor 3 times, problem solved! Buying a new one soon 🤦‍♀️

[GideonTheChaddite]

Just fixed with my Surker clippers thanks to you! That note about the groove for the spring saved my butt. Thank you for showing this guide because otherwise I'd have been forced to get new ones. Saving me money, time and peace of mind!

[midwestmommabear]

Thank you!! Very well explained! I took mine apart to clean and I thought, after, it was supposed to be at zero point or in other words, the blades had to be even. I immediately regret taking it apart to clean until I reached this video to put it back together.

[tammyking]

My husband threw away a clipper a few years ago for this exact reason. Yesterday my son dismantled the new one to clean and after an hour of cursing and frustration we found your video. Our set up was slightly different, but the spring was the issue THANK YOU!!!

[girlscoutsniper]

I know this was from 2 years ago, but this was amazingly helpful. I have a Wahl trimmer but couldn't find *anything* to help me with mine. Last ditch effort watched yours and it was exactly what I needed. The info on the spring, and the detail you put into it made the reassembly possible, because I was ready to give up and buy a new one! Thank you!!

[deepakmanral]

I was facing problem in fixing trimmer and searched lot of videos but not able to fix it. After viewing your video I fix my trimmer in five minutes. Thanks a lot.

[NaomiDollxoxo]

Thank you so much!!! I cleaned my set and totally spent forever trying to figure out how that damn spring went back in!!! LOL

[tessaroster]

Your video was THE ONLY ONE that actually showed me how to put the plastic piece and springs back together!!!
Short, straight and right to the point!!!

[viceversa]

Was literally about to throw my clippers away because I thought I broke em’, followed the instructions and now they’re buzzin’ again!
Life Saver And Well Spoken; Keep The Content Coming G’ 💫

[Dizzapointement]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! You’re an absolute life saver! I bought a razor today, once I put the batteries in I realized it wasn’t working. I unscrewed my razor and everything popped out, I did not expect it. I had been trying for 1 hour trying to get everything back in but I couldn’t figure it out. Thank you so much!